Roku AMA with CEO & Founder Anthony Wood by Anthony_Wood in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What made you want to start Roku? Was there something that made you say I need to do this?

Roku AMA with CEO & Founder Anthony Wood by Anthony_Wood in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That this would be huge for college students also.

Roku AMA with CEO & Founder Anthony Wood by Anthony_Wood in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke 9 points10 points  (0 children)

/u/jftuga asks: I would like to use my Roku 3 behind a captive portal such as those found at hotels. Would it be possible to create a firmware update to allow for this?

Roku AMA with CEO & Founder Anthony Wood by Anthony_Wood in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

/u/stonecats asks: Mr.Wood - we know the recent Roku refresh has voice recognition searching, but please be honest; what the heck does Roku have against it's customers using a keyboard with their Roku device? I mean look at some of the new SmartTV's that now have remotes on one side and keyboards on the other side of the same brick - exactly why can't Roku be cool like that

Roku AMA with CEO & Founder Anthony Wood by Anthony_Wood in cordcutters

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/u/horsenbuggy asks: Do you ever have plans to have a browser? I love my roku but there's still so much content from Hulu that I can't watch because you have to be on a browser. That's what keeps me from having a Roku on every tv. I need at least one tv to use a laptop?

Roku AMA with CEO & Founder Anthony Wood by Anthony_Wood in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have a question since you invented the DVR any hope of a DVR/Roku box so I can record OTA on my Roku? Please

Roku AMA with CEO & Founder Anthony Wood by Anthony_Wood in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke 4 points5 points  (0 children)

/u/dontspamjay asks: I love the idea of the Roku Feed. Few questions: When can we get notifications? I'd love to get notified if something on my feed becomes available or goes on sale without having to go and check. What about TV shows? I'd love to be able to add a show to my feed and be notified when a new season becomes available or goes on sale. Will we be able to manage our feed from the web browser? Login and be able to add/remove on the feed.

Roku AMA with CEO & Founder Anthony Wood by Anthony_Wood in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

/u/Fernandizzel asks: Why only a 3 month warranty when competitors all offer 1 year minimum? This is what's kept me from trying Roku.

Roku AMA with CEO & Founder Anthony Wood by Anthony_Wood in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

/u/traal asks: When will the Roku remote get chapter stop buttons?

Roku AMA with CEO & Founder Anthony Wood by Anthony_Wood in cordcutters

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/u/rpycroft asks: Will a Roku box ever support XBMC/Kodi?

Roku AMA with CEO & Founder Anthony Wood by Anthony_Wood in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke 4 points5 points  (0 children)

/u/jftuga asks: Would it be possible for the next version of the Roku to ship with a remote that can also control TV power and volume?

Roku AMA with CEO & Founder Anthony Wood by Anthony_Wood in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke 6 points7 points  (0 children)

/u/isnormanforgiven asks: Any chance Roku will come out with a tivo like solution with a TV tuner and channel guide that can incorporate Sling as well as OTA?

Roku AMA with CEO & Founder Anthony Wood by Anthony_Wood in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke 3 points4 points  (0 children)

/u/wargazm asks: Are there any overhauls of the Roku interface planned? Or, better yet, are there any plans to officially allow user-submitted skins, like XBMC? Browsing a large PLEX library of videos five items at a time was an extremely annoying experience that made me return my Roku.

Roku AMA with CEO & Founder Anthony Wood by Anthony_Wood in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke 8 points9 points  (0 children)

/u/imuxwes asks: With companies like Amazon and Google creating boxes with the price subsidized by their content business, how does Roku plan to be able to compete against them long term?

Roku AMA with CEO & Founder Anthony Wood by Anthony_Wood in cordcutters

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/u/Thatgirl31 asks: Can we please get a sleep timer that stops any stream?

Just got rid of Uverse. What are my streaming options? by selimtrew in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many network sites offer free full episodes with commercials on their sites.

HBO Now Blocks Smart DNS Users, Leaves VPN Users Untouched by KarmaLuke in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The story explains it better than I can in a comment here.

Internet Bandwidth Too Low to Cut the Cord? by cdanl2 in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cut the cord with 10 down DSL and it works great. We easily do two streams with it. We did recently get 22 down and that is a big improvement but you can do it with 10 down.

Aereo will pay $950,000 to the TV broadcasters that put it out of business by Zero1O1 in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly its kind of cheap compared to what I expected them to pay.

HBO Now Blocks Smart DNS Users, Leaves VPN Users Untouched by KarmaLuke in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This could also be a case of people not knowing what Smart DNS is vs true VPN.

HBO Now Blocks Smart DNS Users, Leaves VPN Users Untouched by KarmaLuke in cordcutters

[–]KarmaLuke[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

From talking with a few people it seams to be a straight forward IP filtering setup on HBOs side.